Recently in my life I’ve had an upheaval of change. After 13 years, I’m going through a divorce, and my world is totally changing. I’ve had several friends decide the best course for their families lives, or their own, would be to leave the Atlanta area. A few to Fl., and a few out west. While it breaks my heart to lose those near and dear to me, it’s proved to be a fun end to an adventure. One thing I’ve learned from finding myself again and dating later in life, is that you either click with people or you don’t. I’ve been fortunate in the past few years to experience relationships like this, as never before in my life. This new chapter in my life has been pretty interesting. Finding myself again, building new relationships, and experiences, life lessons etc. Making friends as an adult is so different than when you are young and in the sandbox. I mean can you walk up to someone on the street at the age of 33 and say “hey, wanna use my shovel??” Yea, not so much. Love, life, loss, these are all so much more common as adults, full of complexities. I’ve found making friends a little bit easier than I used too, but am also losing them more frequently, due to life circumstances. Even as I sit here writing this, I’m saddened by one of my best friends move to Fl. Her daughter hates the song that’s playing on my radio. lol, but then I’m flooded with memories of the good times I had with that incredibly special family. I always pray that God will put people in my path that are meant to be, and that I will learn what I’m meant to from them. It never fails the ones I fall in love with the hardest are the one’s the ineveitabley end up leaving or moving away. I guess that’s ok though, it’s a lesson in appreciation, right?? Sure, let’s roll with that. 🙂
Through these recent moves I’ve been able to create some incredible images for my friends. There is a spot in Atlanta that I love, and had not previously shot at prior to these moves. I spotted it on a shoot with a friend last fall, but never shot there for myself. It’s such a cool place, full of stories, in it’s own right. It provides residence to a few homeless men, and cats. I remind myself while I’m there that I am in someones home, and to be respectful. You can usually find these guys chilin’ reading a book, or tending the areas they’ve designated as their own. I guess we all have different stations or paths in our lives. No matter what we believe or convictions we hold, we may end up somehwere one day we didn’t think we would, or ever plan to be. I personally don’t believe in leagues and ranks. I truly believe we are all equal, and just take different paths in life. In any event, I’m learning that life is what you make of it. You never know when a chance encounter with another will totally change your life. When you end up somewhere you had no intentions of going, as does someone else, and then click…I don’t necessarily mean that in a romantic way either. There are many forms of relationships in ones life. I think once we learn to love ourselves then we can open the door to let others in to love us as well. 🙂
We are all God’s masterpieces, don’t insult him by being down on yourself….and man am I guilty of that.
If you are moving onto new chapters of your life and leaving the Atlanta area, give me a call. 🙂 I’d love to do a goodbye Atlanta session with you.
